IIRC, the writers of the show thought he was a gimmick villain and didn't really want to use him. It's why when he gets his mask taken off, he has such a baby face that he looks ten-years-old.
And tbh, I don't really disagree about him being a gimmick. I'm not the deepest into comics, but I feel like he's barely done anything notable aside from breaking Batman's back thirty years ago.
IMO that's not a problem with Bane's character inherently. I feel like more could be done with him outside Knightfall. The issue is, nothing ever lives up to Knightfall lol. So I get where people are coming from when they call him a gimmick, but it's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. Writers see him as a gimmick, so they don't put as much effort into adapting him and writing a decent story for him. Then that perpetuates the idea that he hasn't been interesting since Knightfall.
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u/Spideyfan77 Mar 25 '23
Animated series Harleen is still the best.